Friday, July 18, 2008
It's a Happy Day
It was fun meeting up with Jo! It's been ages since I went on urban hike with anyone. Glad to know that she also enjoys urban hikes and food hunts!
We started off by trying to locate the bus terminal to catch bus 191. We even asked for directions but ended up walking in circles in Holland V! We were tempted to take a cab but decided there's more satisfaction if we manage to locate the place by ourselves. After some time, we were back at where we started off and realised that we could have had easily just boarded the bus from the bus stop opposite! ~Faint
But luckily, we were just in time to catch the bus which comes only once about every half an hour. Except for a few angmohs who alighted after a few stops, we were the only ones in the bus throughout the entire ride. Haha we were laughing at how only slackers like us have the time to come to such a place.
Arriving at where I've always wanted to explore:
Colbar! A very old-style eatery which I first discovered on someone's blog while food-hunting online. The place looked exactly like how it had been portrayed: the scale at the entrance which seemed rather out of place, the distinctive blue building, the very old framed photos of football teams...
The menu is rather extensive with about 100 plus items. But I thought what we ordered (Pork Cutlet with Mushrooms & Chips and Fish & Chips) were only so-so.
I read about the history of the place and apparently the eatery was moved to the current location part by part to preserve everything in its original form.
Other parts of Wessex Estate:
It's a place worth coming, to spend a laid-back afternoon, away from the hustles and bustles of life. I'm definitely coming back. Hope to check out the chocolate bar or Italian restaurant next time!
After that, met up with the "lunch@1 gang" for dinner to celebrate their farewell from that ulu land. Happy for them! And I'm happy to see them again although we just met up a few days ago haha.
And something random...
The all-too-familiar thing at ulu land:
"Thanks for "stealing" back 2 weeks of time for me. Although not long, it's definitely one of my best times! Haha I will hold on to it tightly!"
It was fun meeting up with Jo! It's been ages since I went on urban hike with anyone. Glad to know that she also enjoys urban hikes and food hunts!
We started off by trying to locate the bus terminal to catch bus 191. We even asked for directions but ended up walking in circles in Holland V! We were tempted to take a cab but decided there's more satisfaction if we manage to locate the place by ourselves. After some time, we were back at where we started off and realised that we could have had easily just boarded the bus from the bus stop opposite! ~Faint
But luckily, we were just in time to catch the bus which comes only once about every half an hour. Except for a few angmohs who alighted after a few stops, we were the only ones in the bus throughout the entire ride. Haha we were laughing at how only slackers like us have the time to come to such a place.
Arriving at where I've always wanted to explore:
Colbar! A very old-style eatery which I first discovered on someone's blog while food-hunting online. The place looked exactly like how it had been portrayed: the scale at the entrance which seemed rather out of place, the distinctive blue building, the very old framed photos of football teams...
The menu is rather extensive with about 100 plus items. But I thought what we ordered (Pork Cutlet with Mushrooms & Chips and Fish & Chips) were only so-so.
I read about the history of the place and apparently the eatery was moved to the current location part by part to preserve everything in its original form.
Other parts of Wessex Estate:
It's a place worth coming, to spend a laid-back afternoon, away from the hustles and bustles of life. I'm definitely coming back. Hope to check out the chocolate bar or Italian restaurant next time!
After that, met up with the "lunch@1 gang" for dinner to celebrate their farewell from that ulu land. Happy for them! And I'm happy to see them again although we just met up a few days ago haha.
And something random...
The all-too-familiar thing at ulu land:
"Thanks for "stealing" back 2 weeks of time for me. Although not long, it's definitely one of my best times! Haha I will hold on to it tightly!"
# posted by 婷 : 7:08 PM
